Ok Guys let get some organisation for this :D

So far it seems we have agreed the following, although as we seem to have more of us now - feel free to suggest anything..

Venue - Thetford Forest, Norfolk
Date - July

Any comments ?

That may work for me. still think off road park would be good. I will be operating out of Sheffied.








96EB/TT/Add a Leafs/3 in BL/Auburn ECTED/35 SSR/4.56 gears/

Off -road centre would be good, but only if all owners want to have a go, I would but cant speak for anyone else.

im well up for it

thats 3 for offroading then....

im sure there must be more UK owners that want to meet. please post here!

You would think so!....couple of months ago there were quite a few, which is why I asked Rick if we could have our own section to keep track of each other!

Well I'm up for the meet.

i asked rick if we could have our own section ages ago and he did not reply to me

Ahh.. but I became Elite at the same time ;)

Well I'm up for the meet.

fancy getting it dirty :D

Its already dirty a bit more won't make much difference. :D

Should be a laugh count me in

Its already dirty a bit more won't make much difference. :D
Cool - another mud runner

How about this place -

http://www.wildtracksltd.co.uk/

you guys see this yet?

http://www.intotheblue.co.uk/off-road-driving.shtml

Dont worry ill bring all my polish with me so you can all have an X as clean as mine

Dont worry ill bring all my polish with me so you can all have an X as clean as mine

Well have none of that please :p

I expect it to look like this -

http://homepage.mac.com/bruce.read/bb/501C0010-01.jpg

Cool - another mud runner

How about this place -

http://www.wildtracksltd.co.uk/

I'll be up for this, wild tracks looks cool.
I know it's not everyones idear of fun, but just think of the fun you'll have just watching :D

I'll be up for this, wild tracks looks cool.
I know it's not everyones idear of fun, but just think of the fun you'll have just watching :D

thats another then :thumbsup:

would anyone be up for camping?

I hope you guys don't plan using street tires Come up with date, so I can plan this. Even if I am a Yank I will try to be there. What about some of the public right-a-ways.

I hope you guys don't plan using street tires Come up with date, so I can plan this. Even if I am a Yank I will try to be there. What about some of the public right-a-ways.

I will soon be running 33's with a 4" Superlift. Probably need a 2 or 3" bodylift as well. I think at the moment wildtracks is just an idea, If you look at wild tracks website it does have different tracks to go on for different levels of capability. Yank, British, whatever - who cares....you got an X and you can get there - your in :D :D

BTW - you got any picts of your X as it sounds interesting in your sig?

What About the weeked of July 9?

Hey UK
You will not need body lift with 33s. Put the lift on first then decide. What Type tires are you putting. If I remember there is a company in England that market tires for Land rovers that are suppose to be real good in the mud and still streetable. As for Pic of truck, your not the only one who has asked. Will post one as soon as I can

Doug

Doug,
It would be great to see you at the UK meet. Would you be able to bring your truck over?

Of course I will Played tag team with some landrovers last time I was there. Wife was pissed, My brother-in-law Keeped making coments about the tires until We went to Chatsworth and I pull lady and her stuck car up the small hill that was part of the grass parking lot. Threw mud everywhere when my tires dug in. grounds keeper was not happy. Should not park cars when ground is soft and soaked with water from heavy rains and not expect peaple to get stuck. Found a right a way near sheffield, suprized the crap out of this couple on their horses. turn out I was on a horse trail.

It would be good to see a US explorer, Never seen one without a floor shifter in real life.
I had to pull my girlfriends little car out of a grass parking lot the other day. She drove it in there..... (dont know what she was thinking because you could see it was muddy). .......women......

I'ts pretty hard to find places to go off roading here, ive been down public rights of way before, however people dont really like it as im sure you found out.

Are you in Gemany full time? Do you miss home?

Hey UK
You will not need body lift with 33s. Put the lift on first then decide. What Type tires are you putting. If I remember there is a company in England that market tires for Land rovers that are suppose to be real good in the mud and still streetable. As for Pic of truck, your not the only one who has asked. Will post one as soon as I can

Doug

I have been told by some on here I deffo need a lift with 33s, other like yourself say I dont :confused: I am going to do what you say and fit lift, get wheels and tires (dont know what ones yet) and if im ok then I will leave it with just the 4" Superlift.

Not really, been in Germany since 97. My wife on the other hand would love to go back to England

What About the weeked of July 9?

sounds good to me, how about everyone else?

I still think we should go camping

all gone a bit quiet, can we have a roll call of who is definitley intererested and where you want to go, is Wild Tracks good place for all?...

Count me in. Location is fine for me. :D :D :thumbsup:

count me in july 9th
ill be there.

Well thats 3 at least - I will try to call Wild Tracks this week an see what is on offer :)

thanks UK

Count me in for the 9th at wildtracks.

Count me in too

sorry guys - just didn't have time this week. Did send them an email but got no response and have not had time to chase it up :rolleyes:

Next week - promise :D

Ok Guys - got the info :D

To drive your own 4x4 around the offroad couse cost £25 which gives you access between 10-4pm. We can get a group discount if I let them know before hand - I have provisionally booked us for the 9th July and said we will have between 5-10 cars wanting to go on the offroad course, price is then £20 per car :thumbsup:

Price incudes offroad course, recovery, and a vehicle power wash!

If you want to just come and have a look it costs nothing to come and watch - but that would be very sad ;)

They also can offer offroad driving tuition, one to one @ £155 per person - one addtional driver @ £40

or

offroad driving tuition for groups min of 3 sharing @ £50 per person

There is a Restaurant and Children's Adventure Playground onsite as well!

Sounds all good to me :D

Thanks for sorting it out UK

Count me in, all i need to do is get the 4x4low working :fire:

Well done. It sounds wonderful. Should be good fun. Did someone say wash it. :D

Count me in, Should be able to make it. Will need directions from Sheffield though.

Thats great I can send you directions nearer the time. :D

cool

Count me in, Should be able to make it. Will need directions from Sheffield though.
when we will at last SEE your X ;)

Ok guys time is getting on. Are we all still in? And can we have an address and meet up point/time.

ready and waiting.

I think I'd like to join in if I may.
(New joiner to the board).

You would be more than welcome. :D

I think I'd like to join in if I may.
(New joiner to the board).


yeah your more than welcome.... you should post some photos of your x

I'm deffo still in :D

I was hoping to have got all my lift kit, wheels and 4.56 gears in - but still not arrived from US :(

As the place has a restaurant/cafe and ample parking maybe we should meet there :thumbsup:

the first thing i will do is get something to eat....

Can we have a full address and post code so that those of us with sat nav can find the place. Also I assume that we want to meet up at 10:00 as this is when it opens. :D

you want to meet up at 10:00am?
how about 1 that gives me time to get ready

WildTracks Offroad Activity Park, Chippenham Road, Kennett, Newmarket, Suffolk. CB8 7QJ.
TEL: 01638 751918 / FAX: 01638 552173

SmokeGrinder - stop worrying about your hair :p

And yes - 10.00 would be good, times to get on tracks are 10-4pm so dont want to waste valuable time!

SmokeGrinder - stop worrying about your hair :p


WHAT?

Ok Dudes, I am in and up for that one, will my ex get dirty?

BIGHVM@hotmail.co.uk,
07961463545.

Ok Dudes, I am in and up for that one, will my ex get dirty?

BIGHVM@hotmail.co.uk,
07961463545.

mine certainly will be :D although if I carry one being as busy this week as I have been recently i wont have time to clean it, so it will be dirty already
:D

ok, roll call :D

Here are peeps who have said they are coming -

SneakeyPete UK
Howard
sunzunbc
SmokeGrinder
AJLee
BIG HVW
Bulldog
Me

All confirmed?...any more?

I am afraid due to events in London this week I will not be able to make the meet, hope you all enjoy selves.
Sorry Work must come first.

Unbelievably after finding the venue and booking I cant make it either!...really fed up but unforseen problems make it impossible :mad:

Really hope you have a good day, I'm sure you will :thumbsup:

Just mention my name and the Explorer meet and you will get the discount :)

Really hope to meet you all soon.....

Some of us made it, Very good fun.

Click here (http://www.uk-srs.co.uk/pictures/4x4) fro the pictures.

good picts, what happened to everyone else?...at least I said I was not coming!

REALLY fedup I did not make this, if anyone wants to do this again I will deffo be up for it - really was unavoidable that I could not make it today.

Well we had a great time. Had to rescue a Discovery in a deep water hole and later a Range Rover stuck in the mud. I'll get some pics up asap. The only casualty is that I lost my front number plate. So Explorer 2 others 0. :D

Well all of you that did not make it....you missed out on a brilliant day, Howard, sneakypete and me (BIGHVM), showed up and we waited, and had a cheeseburger or 2, and waited.........then thought, lets do it! I was very worried bought wrecking the ex or even me! But after a once around..I eased up and really had a fun day, For those of you who dont know, as well as being a great powerful daily use car, these are also very very capable off road, even in stock form with road tires! Ok you have to use some common sense, but none of us got stuck in the mud, we wallowed in deep water and mud, really hammered round the dirt- and nothing broke!
You know we are lucky at last to have our own part of this site, and this was our second meet, numbers showed was three only.....a poor show! The U, S of A will be laughing the butts off at us guys...lets pull together and try and make someting valuable out of this scene....and have some fun also.
So looking forward to another meet soon maybe with more of you comming to have a great day out- bring the wife, or someone elses! and the kids you will all have a brilliant day!

Cheers folks

this was our second meet, numbers showed was three only.....a poor show! The U, S of A will be laughing the butts off at us guys...
No laughing here. Our runs have no-shows, too. I've been on many runs of three vehicles, and had fun every time! :thumbsup:

Well I put together a short video of our meet. It may not be the best but was filmed under difficult circumstances. (I was driving so my daughter was the cameraman). :D

http://www.hdcomputing.co.uk/explorer/the%20meet.wmv

Enjoy.

BIG HVM, I did not just 'no show'.....I am as passionate as anyone about the X and was really looking forward to it - but sometimes things do happen which make things impossible - just like this time....

Sorry if I offended you Bruce, I never intended that at all, just I was so looking forward to meeting with all you guys!

I really hope that we can get it together at the next meet, the same place would be great as it is mega fun and a great day out if you have a family also.

Check out the video that H has posted = Brilliant!
Looking forward to meeting you Bruce.

Take care Dude!

sorry

I could not make it either. Due to work Just now in position to check emails. I will let you know when I will be in England. Wife was disapointed too.